New Arizona Law Permits Parties To Establish Presumption Of Contractor Status Through Writing

As covered at length here, Arizona has enacted a new law effective August 6, 2016 allowing businesses and service providers seeking to enter into an independent contractor relationship to execute a “declaration of independent business status.” A declaration complying with the statute creates a presumption of proper classification of the relationship between the parties as an independent contractor relationship.

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